an unprecedented outreach into the Mexican immigrant community.
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For many years, these undocumented immigrants, as well as individuals who sympathize with the plight of this community, have been very quiet and passive. When you have 100,000 people out in the street, that gives reality to potential political power.Harry Pachon
Nor do the nation's regionally and ethnically diverse Latinos attach themselves to just one party on the issues. The Hispanic vote is very hard to pigeonhole, ... On certain issues, they're very conservative. On other issues, just the opposite - they're very liberal.
Harry Pachon
Oh my goodness, we've heard such horribly accented Spanish in the past six months, I can't tell you. You kind of wince and you say, 'OK, let's get through the Spanish,' because you know the candidate is really trying to say something to Latinos.
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It makes sense for them to do this. It's a demographic imperative that's happening in the nation. It's showing that the Hispanic population is developing into a national presence. If it was still regionalised I don't know if they'd go through the trouble.
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One out of every nine Americans is now Latino. In certain states, Latinos, in the next 20 years, will outnumber the traditional white non-Hispanic population.
Harry Pachon
Look at the Chicago area. Cook County, Illinois, now has more Latinos than Arizona, New Mexico or Colorado.
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